The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-07-28
A. McGREGOR.
Editorial GOrrsspoSdsnoe From Over
the Sea.
A Fine saII--The Scenes Along the North
Coast OF IreIand---Ths Firth Of
classic Clyde
s..Etes

being preceded by the America of the
Cunard line, the Gascoigne of the French
line and the Werra of the German line,
whose piers were near.
had hardly got on board when Orrin
II. Fielding, former DEMOCRAT boy,
now foreman in an establishment in
New York, hailed me and remained till
required to leave. He remained on the
pier waving his handkerchief to which
I responded. Frank L. Baldwin, Esq,
of Massillon, reached the pier just after
the vessel had showed of, but we ex-
changed congratulations he wishing me
a prosperous voyage.
OF course the deck was alive, the
passengers all waving adieus to friends
and responding. All, too, were busy
taking in the sights going down the bay,
which is grand, especially to the lands
man on his first voyage to the old land.
The bay, as usual, was alive with boats
of all kinds, sail boats, steam, &c. Lines
and lines of ships tied fast and few at
anchor, and the islands with fields and
wooded heights added to the interest and
variety.
Soon we were we'll out, moving on at a
goodly rate and the shores and buildings
receding, and by dark were about out of
sight of land. A steamer going in threw
out rockets breaking into one red and
two white displays. The warm weather
kept us on deck late; finally rest was
sought in our numbered berths, four
berths in cabin about by 81 feet. In
due time / found my companions de
voyage were Doctor Logan, of Atlanta, an
elderly gentleman; a young man, son of
Ex-Governor Bullock, of Georgia, also
from Atlanta; and in the berth above me
a Yale college student, son of Rev. Mr..
Behrends, of Brooklyn, who, with his
wife, is also on board,
The weather continued very hot, es-
pecially below, where cut off from the
sea breeze. On Tuesday afternoon, how.
ever, we neared the banks of Newfound.
land and overcoats and wraps and rugs
were in demand. The sea got rougher
under the fresh northern breeze, and we
were in the fog short time, as was indi-
Gated by few blows from the fog horn.
On Wednesday the weather continued
cold and the movemont of the vessel
upset large number, especially the
ladies, who constitute at least half the
passengers, or more. Rain set in and
continued on Thursday, but with mod
Grafton of temperature, and Friday, Sa-
turday and Sunday were pleasant, though
considerably cloudy. The thermometer
dropped from so or more to AZ degrees.
Our course had been northerly until
OF Sunday we reached near 81 degrees
north latitude, having averaged over 300
miles day, The reckoning and dist.
ance run are made public each day on
the open record. The passengers are al
ways anxious to get it and see the dist
ance run from the day before. Great is
the expectation, and the anxiety increas-
es as one gets nearer the destination.
The good ship has more than full
supply of saloon passengers, numbering
some 240, gathered up from various 10
calities, and mostly in parties. TIE
Georgia party number 20; Philadelph a
Commandery, SO; Canada cricket party,
we'll built young men, students believe,
and other passengers from Canada; New
York and Brooklyn are we'll represented,
as is also Massachusetts,; Boston gen
tleman, named Russell. is q native of
Hamilton, Scotland, like myself. He is
accompanied by his daughter. Mr.
Townsend, "Gath," of the Enquirer, is
a passenger, on six weeks tour, he tells
me.
A Mr.. Campbell, from India, most in
teligent Scot, is passenger. He is a
young man of 40, has been seven years
in India, left there last March 7th, came
by China, Japan, San Francisco, Portland,
Seattle, and over the Canada Pacific
railway, visiting Georgia and other points
in our U. s. 1t has been treat to me TO
talk to Mr.. Campbell on British politics
and India affairs. He is a thorough Lib
eral in politics, for land reform and free
trade. has charge of one of the de
par ments of the large India house of
Mackenzie & Co, running
lines of steamers to China, Japan, Austria
liza, Red Sea, &c They have so steamers,
several larger than the Furnessia. They
carry the British mail; the steamers are
made under government inspection, so
that they can on occasion be converted
to government use. Twenty of their
steamers were used by government dur
ing the late Egyptian campaign. Mr..
has years absence. He has
70 clerks in his department at Calcutta,
and there are ten departments in all.
The British army in India consists of
10000 British and 10000 Indian troops.
The latter have inferior arms, have no
thing to do with artillery, and are made
up equally of Hindoos and Mohamme.
dams, who abhor each other. This is the
since the terrible mutiny
of 80 years ago. All told, one hundred
thousand British hold India, with pop
ulation of 250,000,000. In India they
are not afraid of Russia.
On Monday evening on deck, as per
during the day, little en-
was had, consisting OF sing
ing and recitations in which l participat-
ed, giving Burns's ballad of Tam Glen,
with explanatory remarks, and "Ship's at
Sea-" This broughtme acquainted quite
generally and made me known. The
Scotch, especially, on board recognized
me as brither, and the Americans were
thereafter familiar, some getting little
help in Burns and the Scotch dialect.
Among the saloon passengers are 12
clerical gentlemen of various denomina-
ions. OF couse we had short service
each Sunday. In the second cabin are
a couple Of clericals also. The steerage
also is well supplied with passengers,
many only going over to visit friends,
and many with little children. On Sun
Law morning last the word was, that a
new male passenger had put in an ap-
Dearance the previous night and the
voung mother and her child were doing
we'll. She was only is and had been
shipped to America, but the authorities
hi New York sent her back. A collec-
ion was taken and some $50 raised for |
he poor creature who was destitute. She |
will be placed in lying in hospital at
glasgow until able TO return to reand; a.
,hip by suitable display Of our national
Dag, large and small. There was no
regular celebration, however, as we